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Delicate Balance Sought
By Eisner on the Stand

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Joseph Schuman The Wall Street Journal Online

Updated Nov. 17, 2004 7:01 a.m. ET

Two days into his testimony, Walt Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner's strategy seems aimed at belittling Michael Ovitz's performance at Disney without going too far. But that still provides plenty of material for Hollywood gossip.

Mr. Eisner recounted how in 1996, when Disney executives took a field trip to the company's Florida theme park, "we'd all take a bus and he'd ride in a limo," the Washington Post reports. "The perception was that Michael Ovitz was a little elitist. &hellip; It was a bad...